{"id":3193,"date":"2026-04-29T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=3193"},"modified":"2026-04-29T16:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:45:00","slug":"meeting-between-yannis-plakiotakis-and-the-minister-of-state-of-qatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=3193","title":{"rendered":"Meeting between Yannis Plakiotakis and the Minister of State of Qatar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <b>Minister of State of <b>Qatar<\/b>, Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, was received today at the Greek <b>Parliament<\/b> by the First Vice President of the Greek Parliament, Mr.<b> Ioannis Plakiotakis.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mr. I. Plakiotakis made a special reference to the <b>strong and close ties<\/b> of friendship and cooperation between <b>Greece and Qatar,<\/b> as well as to the opportunities that are opening up in various fields. He noted that &#8220;in an environment of global geopolitical instability and uncertainty, Greece is a <b>safe haven<\/b> where <b>significant investments<\/b> can be promoted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Speaker also stressed that &#8220;Greece, from the very first moment of the crisis in the <b>Middle East<\/b>, has expressed its <b>solidarity<\/b> towards the <b>Gulf States<\/b> and especially, of course, towards Qatar&#8221;, noting that &#8220;Qatar&#8217;s <b>security<\/b> and prosperity is not only an important factor in the wider Gulf region, but a cornerstone of global security, peace and stability in the region&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tomanifesto.cachefly.net\/tomanifesto\/images\/placeholder.png\" alt=\"imgal-29-04-2026-99-26.jpg\" data-dpc-media-id=\"187266\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/tomanifesto.cachefly.net\/image\/large\/94\/imgal-29-04-2026-99-26.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p>Mr. Plakiotakis concluded by noting that, given that &#8220;Greek shipping <b>is a global leader, we support both safe and free navigation based on the principles and rules of the International Law of the Sea, which safeguards both global trade and energy flows.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For his part, the <b>Qatari Minister of State<\/b> expressed his great pleasure to be in Athens, &#8220;the capital of peace, history and culture,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi <\/b>informed about the situation in the <b>Persian Gulf<\/b> and the problems arising from the closure of the <b>Hormuz Strait<\/b> by Iran, while expressing his desire &#8220;to upgrade and strengthen our cooperation through further consultations and on the basis of a strategic vision to enhance prosperity and have more successes in the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was also attended by <b>Qatar&#8217;s Ambassador to Athens,<\/b> Mr. Ali bin Khalfan Al-Mansouri, the Diplomatic Counselor of the Greek Parliament, Ambassador (retired) Konstantinos Economides and members of the Qatari government&#8217;s mission to our country. <\/p>\n<p><b> <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Qatari Minister of State, Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, was received today at the Greek Parliament by the First Vice President of the Parliament &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}